jmcquown > wrote:

> I find turkey wanna-be's (turkey bacon, turkey breakfast sausage and
> certainly turkey "Italian" sausage) to be such a crock. Just my opinion,
> obviously, but I don't understand the fascination with replacing everything
> with turkey.

As a rule, I do not like turkey anything, whether replacements or not.
Turkey, compared to most any alternative, tends to be bland and
pointless. However, I did once have a surprisingly good spicy turkey
sausage at Inman's BBQ in Llano, Texas. It was their speciality with
apparently some local renown, not a replacement of anything.

Victor

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:12:57 -0700, Sheldon > wrote:

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>Wow, that's some dense fig tree. Up here in the north fig trees only
>get a few sparse branches and not nearly so many figs, and that only
>if properly wrapped in tar paper, with clothesline, and an old pant
>bucket on top for the winter.
>
Actually the first picture shows two trees that have intermingled.
Next one is a close up of another tree. The closeup shows a variety
of fig that I didn't know till I moved to this house. The previous
owner planted it. Its fruit stays green even when it's ripe and is
honey flavored to my palate. For the first time this spring it bore a
few early (I believe the term is "breba") figs, but usually it bears
late in the summer. I didn't know the green figs were ripe till the
birds started eating them that fist summer. Now I can tell when they
begin to droop down that they're getting ripe, but I still have to
feel them to see if they're soft.

The huge one in the first picture is a variety that I've known all my
life. My grandparents had one in their yard in the 1950s and 60s. The
figs are smaller and tan to brown when ripe and less distinctly
flavorful than the big green ones. The leftmost tree is too big for
me, actually. I can't harvest all them when they're coming in fast.
The birds get the upper ones mostly, but I have climbed up on the roof
of the studio building behind it (yup, there's a one-story studio on
the other side of that tree in the picture, and that fence on the left
is six feet tall) to get the ones I can reach near the top. Last year
the drought destroyed the crop. The unripe figs dropped off the
trees. This year it seems the trees are making up for lost time.

I plan to dry them again this year like I did two years ago when the
harvest was big. Dried figs do nice things mixed with feta, rosemary,
black pepper and lemon zest and then stuffed into pork chops.

>More than enough mint for juleps. I love persimmons, can't grow them
>here. Nice hammock... do you find time to partake?

The hammock was a birthday present, and I've used it a little. This
summer's heavy, almost daily rains have reduced my yard lounging
considerably.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the persimmons, but
they are beautiful in the fall when the leaves drop and the persimmons
hang on the branches like little pumpkins.
--

modom

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modom wrote on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:06:33 -0500:

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??>> Wow, that's some dense fig tree. Up here in the north fig
??>> trees only get a few sparse branches and not nearly so
??>> many figs, and that only if properly wrapped in tar paper,
??>> with clothesline, and an old pant bucket on top for the
??>> winter.
??>>
mpg> Actually the first picture shows two trees that have
mpg> intermingled. Next one is a close up of another tree. The
mpg> closeup shows a variety of fig that I didn't know till I

I wonder how many people agree with me? I don't like fresh figs
much but really go for dried ones.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:10:11 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

>I wonder how many people agree with me? I don't like fresh figs
>much but really go for dried ones.

I like fresh better than dried.

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"James Silverton" > wrote in message
>
> I wonder how many people agree with me? I don't like fresh figs much but
> really go for dried ones.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland

I do, but my wife will only eat the fresh.
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http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

BOBOBOnoBO® > wrote:
>> Nancy Young > wrote:
>>
>> It's a silly diet.
>
>No, it isn't.

Making yourself sick to lose weight is an unsustainable
strategy.

>> Bread is great food.
>
>White, pasty, refined carbs?

Gluten, yeast, flavor, carbs, salt, chew, protein, goodness.

--Blair

Default User > wrote:
>BOBOBOnoBO® wrote:
>
>> On Jun 29, 8:38 pm, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:
>
>> > Bread is great food.
>>
>> White, pasty, refined carbs?
>
>Whole-wheat, look into it.

Not even necessary. The glycemic problem with
refined flour products is buffered by eating your
bread/pasta/etc. with things that aren't highly glycemic.

--Blair

James Silverton > wrote:
>I wonder how many people agree with me? I don't like fresh figs
>much but really go for dried ones.

I prefer mine Newtoned.

--Blair

On Jun 30, 7:08 pm, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:
> James Silverton > wrote:
> >I wonder how many people agree with me? I don't like fresh figs
> >much but really go for dried ones.
>
> I prefer mine Newtoned.

I remember from kindergarten that the children whose families sent
them to school with fig newtons for snack time were to some extent
disliked because almost all the kids hated fig newtons. I'm glad you
enjoy them, but most kids don't.
>
> --Blair

--Bryan

BOBOBOnoBO® > wrote:
>On Jun 30, 7:08 pm, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:
>> James Silverton > wrote:
>> >I wonder how many people agree with me? I don't like fresh figs
>> >much but really go for dried ones.
>>
>> I prefer mine Newtoned.
>
>I remember from kindergarten that the children whose families sent
>them to school with fig newtons for snack time were to some extent
>disliked because almost all the kids hated fig newtons. I'm glad you
>enjoy them, but most kids don't.

I never didn't like them.

And I can't think of a single kid I've ever known
who didn't like them.

--Blair
"Tender flaky golden caky in-side..."

"Blair P. Houghton" > wrote in message
>
> I never didn't like them.
>
> And I can't think of a single kid I've ever known
> who didn't like them.
>
> --Blair
> "Tender flaky golden caky in-side..."

I did. Still do.
Ed

James Silverton wrote:

> modom wrote on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:06:33 -0500:
>
> mpg> http://i16.tinypic.com/4rcpy4k.jpg
> mpg> http://i19.tinypic.com/4mcekjs.jpg
>
> ??>> Wow, that's some dense fig tree. Up here in the north fig
> ??>> trees only get a few sparse branches and not nearly so
> ??>> many figs, and that only if properly wrapped in tar paper,
> ??>> with clothesline, and an old pant bucket on top for the
> ??>> winter.
> ??>>
> mpg> Actually the first picture shows two trees that have
> mpg> intermingled. Next one is a close up of another tree. The
> mpg> closeup shows a variety of fig that I didn't know till I
>
> I wonder how many people agree with me? I don't like fresh figs much
> but really go for dried ones.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Fresh figs are my favorite fruit. We had a tree when I was a kid and
would eat myself sick on them. I haven't had a fresh fig in years.

--
-Gina in Italy

Favorite phrase of the day: Messiah-envy

ravenlynne wrote:

>
> Fresh figs are my favorite fruit. We had a tree when I was a kid and
> would eat myself sick on them. I haven't had a fresh fig in years.
>

They are certainly ready in Campania right now. Not quite yet up here,
but almost for the green ones. The black ones will come mid-July.

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Giusi wrote:

> ravenlynne wrote:
>
> >
> > Fresh figs are my favorite fruit. We had a tree when I was a kid
> > and would eat myself sick on them. I haven't had a fresh fig in
> > years.
> >
>
> They are certainly ready in Campania right now. Not quite yet up
> here, but almost for the green ones. The black ones will come
> mid-July.

I have to start checking the markets then.

--
-Gina in Italy

Favorite phrase of the day: Messiah-envy

"ravenlynne" > wrote in news:f68arv0ls2
@news1.newsguy.com:

> Giusi wrote:
>
>> ravenlynne wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Fresh figs are my favorite fruit. We had a tree when I was a kid
>> > and would eat myself sick on them. I haven't had a fresh fig in
>> > years.
>> >
>>
>> They are certainly ready in Campania right now. Not quite yet up
>> here, but almost for the green ones. The black ones will come
>> mid-July.
>
> I have to start checking the markets then.
>


(Salivating already..........!!)

http://www.letscookfrench.com/recett...num_recette=11


Goat cheese and fresh figs appetizers

Preparation : 20 min
Cooking : 10 min

Ingredients (for 4 people):
- 12 fresh figs
- 1 roll of goat cheese
- 4 nice slices of country or sourdough bread
- 1 little handful or pinenuts
- some Rocket leaves
- olive oil
- balsamic vinegar
- basil, chives, thym
- 3 pinches of '4 spices' (or a mix of cinnamon-nutmeg)
- 1 teasp of sugar with some drops of vanilla
- salt and pepper
- lots of love


Directions:

On each slice of bread, place 2 thick slices of goat cheese and sprinkle
with some thym and a little pepper.
Toast the slices for 10 minutes at 425°F just until the cheese is
gratined on top but not melted completely.
Cut the figs in quarters and brown them for 5 min in a pan with a nob of
butter and the teasp of vanilla/sugar, while sprinkling them with '4
spices' or the cinnamon/nutmeg.
Place the figs quarters in the form of a flower on each plate, next to
the toast and the rocket leaves.
Trickle a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar on top.
Garnish the platter with fresh herbs (chives and basil) and some
pinenuts here and there.
Eat while licking your chops!



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell